made the call as the experimental XB-1 broke the sound barrier. It was a key test for the company that plans to build high-speed planes in Greensboro. Boom’s first supersonic flight took place ...

Almost 22 years after Concorde made its final commercial flights, a prototype passenger jet has broken the sound barrier during a supersonic test flight. Boom Supersonic founder and CEO Blake ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 became the first privately funded plane to surpass the sound barrier over the Mojave Desert. Reaching Mach 1.1, it marks a key step towards developing the Overture airliner.

And the test also the culmination of years of work for Boom, which began operations in 2014 and, against much industry skepticism, has become the first U.S. independent company to join the ...

The dream of supersonic travel has come roaring back to life as a cutting-edge test plane shattered the sound barrier in California’s Mojave Desert. Boom’s prototype aircraft (dubbed the ‘new Concorde ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator jet became the first U.S.-made civilian supersonic jet to break the sound barrier. The independently funded XB-1 reached a speed of Mach 1.122, or about 750 mph ...

This achievement makes it the first civilian aircraft to break the sound barrier. Thousands observed the flight. Just 12 minutes of flight was enough for the XB-1 Boom Supersonic pilot to exceed ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator aircraft ... This was the first time a civil aircraft had broken the sound barrier in level flight since the final flight of the Aérospatiale/British Aerospace ...

Boom, the American company building what promises to be the world’s fastest airliner, broke the sound barrier for its first time with a test flight in Mojave, California. The company’s XB-1 ...

A US company's prototype jet has broken the sound barrier in a demonstration it hopes will pave the way for a successor to the Concorde. Boom Supersonic's XB-1 is the first civilian aircraft to ...